Henry crane



2 i I r UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY CRANE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BRIDLE-BIT.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 28,563, dated June 5, 1860.

T 0 all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY CRANE, of the city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented a new and Improved Bridle-Bit; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact-description ofthe same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part ofthis specification, in which Figure 1 is a side view of my invention.Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same taken in the line 50, 00,Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the twofigures.

The object of this invention is to place the horse, especially a viciousone, under the better control of the rider or driver than those bitshitherto constructed, and with the employment or use of but a singlepair of reins. The ordinary bar bits are frequently rendered inefficientin consequence of the animal grasping the bar with his teeth, andthereby preventing the action of the-bit on the lower jaw.

The within described invention consists in the employment ofsupplemental bars placed within the principal one, and having springsattached, the parts being so arranged as to admit of the action of thesupplemental bars on the lower aw of the animal, in case of the lattergrasping with its teeth the principal bar.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct myinvention I will proceed to describe it.

A represents a metal bar, which is of slightly curved form, and providedat each end with a check-piece B. This bar, with its check-pieces, issimilar to an ordinary bar bit. Vithin this bar A, there are placed twoshorter bars C, C, the inner ends of which are connected by a joint a.The ends of the bars C, project beyond the ends of the bar A, and eachhas a ring D, attached, to which the reins are connected. Within the barA, a spring E, is placed, the ends of which are fitted in recesses 6,into and near the ends of the bars C. This spring E, has a tendency tokeep the bar G,within the bar A. This will be fully understood byreferring to Fig. 2.

From the above description it will be seen that the bar A, serves as acase for the smaller ones, and that in the event of the animal graspingthe outer one, with its teeth, the rider or driver, by pulling thereins, will draw out the bars C, which will act on the lower jaw of theanimal, substantially the same as a snaffle bit.

The spring E, may be of any strength, as circumstances may require. Forordinary purposes it might be made sufi'iciently strong to allow the barA, to perform the function of an ordinary bit, the withdrawing of thebars C, requiring additional strength only to be exerted when necessary.

The screw or pintle c, of the joint a, serves as a means for securingthe bars C, to the bar A, as said pintle passes through the bar A, asshown by the dotted lines in Fig. l.

The bars may be of malleable cast iron. That at least would answer agood purpose and be the most economical.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of the bars A, C, C, the latter being fitted within thebar A, connected by a joint a, at their inner ends and having a springF, attached, substantially as shown and described, for the purposesspecified.

HENRY CRANE.

\Vitnesses:

B. GIRoUsE, M. M. LIVINGSTON.

